Star Citizen Crowdfunding Ends with $6.2 Million

$6.23 million in pledges collected from Kickstarter and Roberts Space Industries sites

Cloud Imperium Game, created by Chris Roberts, announced that Star Citizen, the space sim from famous game developer, set a new record for a crowd funded game as pledge totals reached $6.23 million and the game's Kickstarter campaign came to a close. The previous crowd funding record for a game had been held by Obsidian Entertainment's Project Eternity title. An October 17 posting on the Project Eternity Kickstarter website listed a total of $4.16 million in pledges and funds raised.